Donna’s Comments (group member since Feb 18, 2009)

Donna’s comments from the Challenge: 50 Books group.

48. Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin

I enjoyed this one. I read it all in less than a day. It was a nice quick read, that you didn't really want to put down. I found this one when looking at books at Barnes and Noble and read the back of book 2 and it said "CIA Agent, black belt, belly dancer." That made me laugh and want to look into it more and I'm glad I did.

47. [image error] The Manning Brides by Debbie Macomber

Ok depending on how you count books, I may have just hit fifty. This book, the Manning Grooms (#11 on my list) and Married in Seattle (#25 on my list) all were books that contained two previously published books.

46. Sullivan's Woman by Nora Roberts

44. [image error] From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
45. Opportunity Rings A Novel by Sheryl Steinberg

42. Glory in Death by J.D. Robb
43. Slow Hands by Leslie Kelly

39. The Velvet Chair by Jennifer Stevenson
40. Back On Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
41. Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber

The Velvet Chair was strange, I have the next one in the series which I'll probably read, but I don't think I'd buy any more in the series (if there are more past the next one.)

38. Susannah's Garden by Debbie Macomber

I know I'm way late, but Congrats on surpassing 50!

From the sound of things, if you weren't a big fan of the sex scenes in Dead Until Dark, you might not want to watch the show...just thought I'd give you a little warning in case you didn't know! I think the first book had the largest amount of sex scenes in it. Some (I don't think all) had that type of scene, but I'm pretty sure #1 had the most.

Oh and I'm really interested in reading your number 50. I hope to read it before the movie comes out!

Another series I read similar to the Joanne Fluke books is the Chocoholic series by Joanna Carl. Not quite as good I think, but I still enjoy them.

31. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
32. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
33. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
34. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
35. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
36. The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
37. A Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber

26. Vision In White by Nora Roberts

27. Marshmallows for Breakfast by Dorothy Koomson

28. Tribute by Nora Roberts

29. [image error] Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

30. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris

25. Married In Seattle First Comes Marriage\Wanted Perfect Partner by Debbie Macomber

That's not a bad start. You'll notice a wide variety of readers on here, some that are on book 100 or something like that and some that are about where you are. Some people even set different goals for the year. Just try and read a number you'll be happy with.

I will probably do the same thing as you and keep clicking on your list instead of mine. We should be glad there aren't a lot more Donnas. ;-)

19. The Next Mrs. Blackthorne by Joan Johnston
20. Perfect by Judith McNaught
21. Bit the Jackpot by Erin McCarthy
22. The Chocolate Snowman Murders by JoAnna Carl
23. Knitting Under the Influence by Claire LaZebnik
24. The Rivals by Joan Johnston

Not bad for the last month considering we were on vacation in California and Vegas for two weeks. :)

15. Keepsake Crimes
16. Photo Finished
17. Bound for Murder (15-17 by Laura Childs.)
18. Highland Velvet by Jude Devereaux

Sometimes being sick is good, because you can get a lot of reading done. :)

Jessica wrote: "I'm in the middle of the Twilight series at the moment...is it as addicting the second time through?"

Absolutely as addicting as the first time through. Plus you catch a few things here and there that you missed or just didn't pick up on the first time. I read the entire series twice between Nov. 13 and Christmas and then started the audio books. (I work at a movie theatre and we were getting SO MANY calls for Twilight I basically said what's the big deal and went out and bought the book to see. Yeah, got completely addicted and finished the book while answering phone calls Nov. 20 when everyone was asking about the midnight show.)

I hope the re-read of Twilight doesn't put you in a slump again! But at least you still have 9 more months to read those last 24 if it does! (I keep thinking its about time for a re-read also, but my mom has my copy of the entire saga)

14. Dead of Night by JD Robb, and others.

13. by Joanne Fluke

Another good Hannah Swensen book, although I'm really hoping she chooses Norman after this book.

I completely agree with Faye on the Thursday Next series. They're really interesting. Fforde also wrote a couple of books in the about crimes involving nursery rhyme characters. (The Big Over Easy, and the Fourth Bear).